Jake Johnson / Common DreamsOct 26, 2018
While much of the world faces deepening poverty, a tiny handful of people have increased their wealth by more than $1 trillion. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 14, 2015
“For most people, pleading guilty to a felony means they will very likely land in prison, lose their job and forfeit their right to vote,” writes Dealbook at The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigDec 21, 2012
Where are Phil and Wendy Gramm hiding now that UBS, like Enron before it, has been nailed by the G-men? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 18, 2011
The trader arrested on suspicion of costing Swiss banking giant UBS more than $2 billion in unauthorized trades was charged Friday with fraud and two counts of false accounting dating as far back as 2008. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 15, 2011
Swiss banking giant UBS said Thursday that a rogue trader had cost it approximately $2 billion in unauthorized trades. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJan 13, 2010
A landmark class action case is under way in a New York federal court, with victims of apartheid in South Africa suing corporations that they say helped the pre-1994 regime. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigAug 26, 2009
It looked like it was business as usual for President Barack Obama on the first day of his vacation, as he spent five hours golfing with a top executive from UBS, a bank that sheltered wealthy tax dodgers while hardworking U.S. taxpayers were bailing it out. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2009
Swiss bank accounts aren't what they used to be. Switzerland recently agreed to fork over information on 4,450 UBS AG bank accounts to the IRS as an investigation into suspected tax evasion threatens the good name that Swiss banking has provided to money launderers and tax evaders for centuries. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigAug 19, 2009
In recent days yet another wealthy private customer of the Swiss-based banking conglomerate UBS admitted to criminal fraud in a growing parade of perp walks that could extend into the thousands. It is a case that threatens to ensnare former Sen. Phil Gramm, the Texas Republican who is vice chairman of UBS’ investment banking business.Was Phil Gramm truly unaware of the widespread efforts at UBS to defraud the U.S. Treasury? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigApr 15, 2009
One wonders if Phil Gramm has been made just a tad nervous by the news on Tuesday that one of UBS' super-wealthy private clients has pleaded guilty to tax evasion. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 16, 2008
McCain campaign co-chair Phil Gramm is right: We have "become a nation of whiners." But who is whining more than the bankers that former Sen. Gramm's financial deregulation legislation benefited? The very bankers who now expect a government bailout, such as those at UBS Investment Bank, where Gramm found lucrative employment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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